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Pronunciation : Rav"age (; 48)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.]
Definition : Defn: Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time. Would one think 't were possible for love To make such ravage in a noble soul Addison.

Syn. -- Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; waste; ruin.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rav"age
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.]
Definition : Defn: To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. Already C?sar Has ravaged more than half the globe. Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.

t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913